NounPlural countable and uncountable; plural electoral colleges electoral college (countable and uncountable; plural electoral colleges)
From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. An electoral college is a set of electors who are selected to elect a candidate to a particular office. Often these represent different organizations or entities, with each organization or entity represented by a particular number of electors or with votes weighted in a particular way. Many times, though, the electors are simply important people whose wisdom, ideally, would provide a better choice than a larger body. The system can ignore the wishes of a general membership, whose thinking need not be considered. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What if there is an electoral college tie? Q. The constitution says that the house selects the president in an electoral college tie. However it also says that the senate decides VP in the case of a tie. In the current senate, it's 51-49 if you count Lieberman as dem. If there was an electoral college tie, would the current senate vote for VP or would the new senate vote for VP in early January. If the current senate, do you believe there is a chance that Obama would be selected by the house, but the evenly divided senate (counting Lieberman as rep.) could tie for VP, leaving Cheney to choose his successor which would certainly not be Biden? Asked by romarti - Sat Sep 6 21:56:36 2008 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. The new house and senate take office on January 3rd - so they will vote for president and vice-president in the event of an electoral college tie. - In the house, each state delegation gets only one vote - but currently a majority of delegations have a majority of democratic members. - Cheney's term ends on January 20th - and it is an interesting question as to whether he could break a tie, on the vote for vice-president. One thing is clear: We could end up with a president and vice-president from different parties. For more information see: Answered by Franklin - Sun Sep 7 03:38:08 2008 Will Progressives still support abolishing the Electoral College if it is the main reason Obama wins? Q. For the past 8 years I have read many op-ed pieces from Progressive sources that the Electoral College is out of date, and does not reflect the will of the majority in a democracy. However, McCain and Obama are currently very close to a tie in general election polling, while Obama has a sizable lead in Electoral polls. Will progressives still support the abolition of the electoral college if it is the main reason Obama wins in November? Asked by dalesutaria - Fri Aug 15 17:12:32 2008 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments A. Looking at these answer I'd say some of the people have a very warped view of the electoral college. Here is why we do and should have it. The electoral college is not obsolete. and is one of the primary elements that makes us a republic rather than a democracy. Some people think we live in a democracy here but for me when I say the pledge of allegiance, I pledge allegiance to flag of The United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. The US Constitution doesn't prescribe a popular vote for president. It requires that each state send the appropriate number of electors to the electoral college to elect a president for the union. It is up to each state to decide how those electors are selected. The method is in the… [cont.] Answered by David S - Mon Aug 18 22:47:26 2008 Why did the founding father make the electoral college the way it is?
Q. I always though that popular vote was everything before the Al-gore, and Bush election. So why did they make the electoral college this way? Asked by Blame B - Tue Sep 9 19:50:56 2008 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. It's a balance to allow the smaller states some voice, not to be drowned out by the more populous states. It's only one of many ways the Founding Fathers saved us from the abuses of democracy, which can be nothing more than mob rule. Answered by John de Witt - Tue Sep 9 20:11:16 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "electoral college"  americanthinker.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:05:50 GMT+00:00 American Thinker In 2000, George Bush was elected with just 271 Electoral College votes. Had Bush lost any of the thirty states he won, Gore would have won the presidency. ...  pembrokexpress.com Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:37:01 GMT+00:00 Pembroke Express The pact would become effective when states representing at least 270 electoral votes a majority of the 538-vote Electoral College join this compact. ...  thisdayonline.com Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:35:13 GMT+00:00 thisday do you know that Al Gore had more electoral votes than George Bush, but Bush had more electoral college for the first time since 1881 is to tell you that ... From Google News Search: "electoral college" From Yahoo Image Search: "electoral college"  lds.net Just_A_Guy Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:45:00 GM Story here . An interesting proposition. I didn't know the movement had gained that much official traction, but it looks like several other states. From Google Blog Search: "electoral college" |
